OK, I got another DIY idea. What do my fellow Unstuckers think about…
A full face CPAP “cushion” (a mask), with head strap, and with a CPAP machine filter pad duct taped across the ~3/4" diameter hole in the front of the “cushion” where a valve normally fits?
I did get to target and looked for rubber bands to make masks, but they had none. They also had no large hair rubber band thingies. Looking around at stuff that wasn’t related at all to TP there were lots of missing items.
So, I might make one from a t-shirt or something, but I have since been given a mask and an content to wash it and make it last. And I don’t see any value in distributing cut up tshirt masks and I still haven’t received the little sewing machin and rivaldo is covered, so I think I’m non-essential.
Be careful using hepa filters from like a vacuum bag on masks. Some can have small glass particles which can damage the lungs if you dont cover them in another cloth and make them right.
“Part of the reason is that most HEPA filters are composed of microscopic glass fibers, which can be harmful to the lungs if inhaled.”